. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/COL/164/Add.4 
2 November 2011 
 (11-5544) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 28 October 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Colombia. 
 
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Sanitary measure concerning the requirements to be  met by establishments which produce, hydrate, 
package, distribute, sell, export and import alcohol and alcoholic beverages 
 
 The Republic of Colombia hereby notifies that amendments have been made to the 
draft Ministry of Social Welfare Decree "Establishing technical regulations on the sanitary 
requirements to be met in the production, processing,  hydration, packaging, storage, distribution, 
transport, marketing, sale, exportation and importation of alcoholic beverages for human 
consumption", notified on 9 November 2010 by the World Trade Organization in 
document G/SPS/N/COL/164/Add.2.  These amendments incorporate some of the comments received concerning the new final draft. 
 
 Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_3615_00_s.pdf  
 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force [ ] Other: 
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in 
terms of products and/or potentially affected  Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments 
should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days.  Under other circumstances, such as 
extension of originally announced final date fo r comments, the comment period provided in the 
addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Thirty (30) days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the 
notification G/SPS/N/COL/164/Add.4 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
National Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 606-4775 Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 330-5000, Ext. 1266 Fax: +(57-1) 330-5050 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/  
 
Text available from:  [X] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 
 
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